Corbett's correct approach to state universities

March 31, 2011

I am the parent of a student at a Pennsylvania state university. My tuition costs will be affected by the governor's proposed budget cuts. Yet, I disagree with Kutztown University's faculty union president, who called Gov. Corbett's proposed budget "garbage." The university presidents at all 14 state universities are singing the same song and telling their students to sing it with them — on my dollar.

The education industry created this problem. Follow the money; it is in salary and benefits. The education industry must be completely revamped. A liberal arts education is a waste of time and money. A college student has already had 12 years of a liberal arts education before college. There are many ridiculous courses that are required for graduation by the education industry. Why force a future mechanical engineer to take an art course? We pay through the nose to keep professors on the payroll to teach classes that no one would take if they weren't required.

Cut the payroll. Eliminate useless classes and the professors who teach them. They are not benefiting the students, and they are costing us plenty. We can't afford it anymore. Gov. Corbett: Cut more!